abomination
英 [əbɒmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [ə,bɑmɪ'neʃən]
英文词源
- abomination (n.)
- early 14c., "abominable thing or action;" late 14c., "feeling of disgust, hatred, loathing," from Old French abominacion "abomination, horror, repugnance, disgust" (13c.), from Latin abominationem (nominative abominatio) "abomination," noun of action from past participle stem of abominari "shun as an ill omen," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + omin-, stem of omen (see omen). Meaning intensified by folk etymology derivation from Latin ab homine "away from man," thus "beastly."
Doubtless, the life of an Irregular is hard; but the interests of the Greater Number require that it shall be hard. If a man with a triangular front and a polygonal back were allowed to exist and to propagate a still more Irregular posterity, what would become of the arts of life? Are the houses and doors and churches in Flatland to be altered in order to accommodate such monsters? [Edwin Abbot, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," 1885]
双语例句
- 1. What is happening is an abomination.
- 正在发生的事令人非常反感。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She regarded smoking with abomination.
- 她对吸烟深恶痛绝.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. If any abomination so current needs to be reprised, think of it.
- 如果近在眼前就有什么令人厌恶的东西需要反复强调的话, 那就想一想夏天.
来自名作英译部分
- 4. Abner said solemnly , " all heathen idols are an abomination to the Lord. "
- 艾布纳沉着脸说, “ 一切异教的偶像全是对主的亵渎. ”
来自辞典例句
- 5. Their abomination of violence was obvious.
- 他们对暴力行为的痛恨是很明显的.
来自辞典例句